Head coach Dean Evason caught some flak on Wild Twitter Tuesday night (perhaps undeservedly so since his team did everything but beat Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury) for his decision to play both Victor Rask and Marcus Johansson with Kevin Fiala, likely hoping that the star scorer could buoy the former two underperforming forwards.
The analytical results were actually quite solid from that line, but they were on the ice for a bad turnover which led to a goal. On the other hand, it seemed that Rask and Johansson were dragging down Fiala’s exceptional plays rather than being able to keep up and “be along for the ride.